diff --git a/src/app/filelogger.cpp b/src/app/filelogger.cpp
index 45d160b9f..54b8ed8e6 100644
--- a/src/app/filelogger.cpp
+++ b/src/app/filelogger.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <QDir>
-#include <QFile>
 #include <QTextStream>
 
 #include "base/global.h"
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
 FileLogger::FileLogger(const QString &path, const bool backup, const int maxSize, const bool deleteOld, const int age, const FileLogAgeType ageType)
     : m_backup(backup)
     , m_maxSize(maxSize)
-    , m_logFile(nullptr)
 {
     m_flusher.setInterval(0);
     m_flusher.setSingleShot(true);
@@ -59,9 +57,7 @@ FileLogger::FileLogger(const QString &path, const bool backup, const int maxSize
 
 FileLogger::~FileLogger()
 {
-    if (!m_logFile) return;
     closeLogFile();
-    delete m_logFile;
 }
 
 void FileLogger::changePath(const QString &newPath)
@@ -73,11 +69,8 @@ void FileLogger::changePath(const QString &newPath)
     if (tmpPath != m_path) {
         m_path = tmpPath;
 
-        if (m_logFile) {
-            closeLogFile();
-            delete m_logFile;
-        }
-        m_logFile = new QFile(m_path);
+        closeLogFile();
+        m_logFile.setFileName(m_path);
         openLogFile();
     }
 }
@@ -119,9 +112,9 @@ void FileLogger::setMaxSize(const int value)
 
 void FileLogger::addLogMessage(const Log::Msg &msg)
 {
-    if (!m_logFile) return;
+    if (!m_logFile.isOpen()) return;
 
-    QTextStream str(m_logFile);
+    QTextStream str(&m_logFile);
 
     switch (msg.type) {
     case Log::INFO:
@@ -139,7 +132,7 @@ void FileLogger::addLogMessage(const Log::Msg &msg)
 
     str << QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(msg.timestamp).toString(Qt::ISODate) << " - " << msg.message << endl;
 
-    if (m_backup && (m_logFile->size() >= m_maxSize)) {
+    if (m_backup && (m_logFile.size() >= m_maxSize)) {
         closeLogFile();
         int counter = 0;
         QString backupLogFilename = m_path + ".bak";
@@ -159,16 +152,15 @@ void FileLogger::addLogMessage(const Log::Msg &msg)
 
 void FileLogger::flushLog()
 {
-    if (m_logFile)
-        m_logFile->flush();
+    if (m_logFile.isOpen())
+        m_logFile.flush();
 }
 
 void FileLogger::openLogFile()
 {
-    if (!m_logFile->open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Append | QIODevice::Text)
-        || !m_logFile->setPermissions(QFile::ReadOwner | QFile::WriteOwner)) {
-        delete m_logFile;
-        m_logFile = nullptr;
+    if (!m_logFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Append | QIODevice::Text)
+        || !m_logFile.setPermissions(QFile::ReadOwner | QFile::WriteOwner)) {
+        m_logFile.close();
         LogMsg(tr("An error occurred while trying to open the log file. Logging to file is disabled."), Log::CRITICAL);
     }
 }
@@ -176,5 +168,5 @@ void FileLogger::openLogFile()
 void FileLogger::closeLogFile()
 {
     m_flusher.stop();
-    m_logFile->close();
+    m_logFile.close();
 }
diff --git a/src/app/filelogger.h b/src/app/filelogger.h
index 5eefb3d90..78c8a2d5b 100644
--- a/src/app/filelogger.h
+++ b/src/app/filelogger.h
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@
 #ifndef FILELOGGER_H
 #define FILELOGGER_H
 
+#include <QFile>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QTimer>
 
-class QFile;
-
 namespace Log
 {
     struct Msg;
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ private:
     QString m_path;
     bool m_backup;
     int m_maxSize;
-    QFile *m_logFile;
+    QFile m_logFile;
     QTimer m_flusher;
 };